I give you an example; people think when I buy tubes I get a more musical sound and more emotion.
In the last few weeks people visited me who own expensive tube amps; like AudioResearch and Absolare.
They were stunned that my sound is even more involving than their sound and owns so much more layers. These layers influences our emotion the most. I do not use tubes. Read the articles of the Pass labs XS-300. When I have the money I will buy a set of these.
You have no idea how much further I can get into sound and change each parameter of sound. Audio is your hobby, I earn my money with it. I never saw it as work. It is in my blood. It is inside my head.
I can adjust each single part you judge sound for. With this you can create a superior level in realims what never will be possible by trial and error. Even when you spend 1 million of dollars.
S.A.P. can reveal details which you cannot hear with a pre amp of 50.000 dollar. Money does not create the same level of details. Money will not give the same level in timing.
It is insane that many companies in audio have been sleeping for a long time. Many think it is still 1980.
Without giving a name, I can garantee for 100% that many highend manufacturers of expensive loudspeakers often use 2 dimensional amps and sources.
They often use the wrong cables. They have no idea of the properties. It is just a guess what they do. But audio does not work like that and it never will. You need to learn to look further!